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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 64166" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Rachel, a fiction book that might be of interest - it was also discussed recently in Watercooler - is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. The main character tells the story- Christopher. He has Asperger's Syndrome, although he sounds more like my difficult child 3 than difficult child 1. Don't think of Christopher as a blueprint for Max, because they ARE all quite different. But reading the book you might get 'feel' for the way a lot of these kids think. A lot happens around Christopher which he doesn't 'get' but which will have you smiling and nodding. The accidental humour this way is brilliant. The author is NOT writing from personal experience - he is not autistic in any way, I'm told. He's just a brilliant and entertaining writer.</p><p></p><p>The video games - snap. He was probably thinking all the time at camp and all the way home, "Only x more minutes until I can get on the PS2. Only x-1 more minutes until I can get on the PS2. Only x-2 more minutes..."</p><p></p><p>If you can, also Google the sample chapter of "The Explosive Child" (it's actually the first chapter) and read it. The girl described in that throws a tantrum which on the surface seems inexplicable. But when you can understand her thought processes, you can recognise the triggers. With these kids, helping them to avoid the triggers is NOT giving in to them, because you can use the methods to get what you want in a different way. But it DOES involve teaching them how to compromise.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 64166, member: 1991"] Rachel, a fiction book that might be of interest - it was also discussed recently in Watercooler - is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. The main character tells the story- Christopher. He has Asperger's Syndrome, although he sounds more like my difficult child 3 than difficult child 1. Don't think of Christopher as a blueprint for Max, because they ARE all quite different. But reading the book you might get 'feel' for the way a lot of these kids think. A lot happens around Christopher which he doesn't 'get' but which will have you smiling and nodding. The accidental humour this way is brilliant. The author is NOT writing from personal experience - he is not autistic in any way, I'm told. He's just a brilliant and entertaining writer. The video games - snap. He was probably thinking all the time at camp and all the way home, "Only x more minutes until I can get on the PS2. Only x-1 more minutes until I can get on the PS2. Only x-2 more minutes..." If you can, also Google the sample chapter of "The Explosive Child" (it's actually the first chapter) and read it. The girl described in that throws a tantrum which on the surface seems inexplicable. But when you can understand her thought processes, you can recognise the triggers. With these kids, helping them to avoid the triggers is NOT giving in to them, because you can use the methods to get what you want in a different way. But it DOES involve teaching them how to compromise. Marg [/QUOTE]
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